AI Hustle: Make Money from AI and ChatGPT, Midjourney, NVIDIA, Anthropic, OpenAI OpenAI Mobile App Slowing and Failed Math
Oct 29, 2025
The podcast dives into the slowing downloads of OpenAI's mobile app, exploring seasonal dips and saturated markets. It examines competition from apps like Meta AI and how product strategies may be affecting user adoption. A controversial claim about GPT-5's math-solving prowess raises eyebrows, with reactions from the math community spotlighting the limits of AI reasoning. The hosts reflect on public disappointment and the social-media drama surrounding these misleading claims.
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Growth Plateau After Rapid Surge
- OpenAI's mobile app downloads have slowed after an initial surge, showing DAU growth has leveled off.
- The slowdown may signal natural saturation and upcoming seasonal declines in engagement.
Feature Placement Drives App Adoption
- Competition from other AI apps (like Meta AI with new features) is pulling downloads away from ChatGPT.
- Embedding hot features inside the main app helps retention more than launching separate invite-only apps.
Sora 2 Launched As Invite-Only App
- Jaeden describes Sora 2 being launched as a separate, invite-only app with limited invite codes per user.
- He suggests OpenAI may be intentionally throttling growth due to GPU limits and invitation mechanics.